it would have been my turn too

Let’s be honest: for the undersigned, the fact that Steemit is a niche platform and, aside from the usual bad apples, frequented only by a group of “chosen ones,” can most of the time be considered a sort of “small blessing.”

Don’t get me wrong, if the token value skyrocketed I would be the first to celebrate. However, if my posts received the same visibility granted by other social networks to far more famous creators, chances are that by now someone would have knocked on my door to convince me to change my tone.

With Steemit capable of toppling giants like Facebook or Instagram, and why not, even X by Uncle Elon (he still owes me a Tesla hat, but that’s another story), I believe a good group of our local whales would join the party, silencing with waves of downvotes all those voices that don’t parrot their preferred version.

_{Sigfrido Ranucci, ArezzoTV, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons}

In short, more or less what was first experienced by the good Sigfrido Ranucci and more recently by the ever-pleasant Massimo Giletti, who after addressing dozens of uncomfortable topics—from politics to finance, through crime and economics—essentially saw the door slammed in their faces only after biting the real exposed nerve of our country: FC Internazionale of Milan, a universe where football and wrongdoing meet in profitable marriage.

Indeed, if the host of Report saw his editorial autonomy scaled back right after airing the episode on the financial troubles of Inter, yesterday the surprise announcement also came of the suspension of “L’aria che tira,” the show hosted by Massimo Giletti for RAI networks, despite it being (against the trend) capable of achieving excellent ratings.

Reason? Giletti’s outburst on Domenica Sportiva, aimed at those who still insist (the entire Inter world) on telling the Calciopoli farce while omitting the most uncomfortable part of the truth: the phone calls between referees and the Nerazzurri management of the time.

Phone calls far more serious and compromising than those attributed to Moggi, Meani, and other figures involved, which would also have led Inter to face a sporting trial identical to the one imposed on the penalized teams, but which—who knows why—were kept hidden for years by those who conducted those investigations.

_{Massimo Moratti, Inter president at the time of Calciopoli. BomberTuccio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons}

But as is well known, on Calciopoli—as on all the “misdeeds” of Moratti and his successors—there has been for years a veto imposed by RAI. No one may speak about it, it is forbidden to reopen discussion on those events. The winners write history, and history must necessarily follow a script in which “poor” Inter is portrayed as the victim.

Consequently, woe betide anyone who dares question the dominant narrative carefully built over the years like the white tuxedo the Milanese club metaphorically boasts of wearing. If Inter receives favors, they are minimized or not discussed. And if they cannot be ignored, it is enough to claim that they are still in credit with the refereeing world, since others before them stole much more.

If its players insult opponents with racist slurs or swear on camera, magically the appropriate footage cannot be found to confirm the accusations. If they behave unsportingly, every attempt must be made to cover for them until the very end, but if excuses do not hold (see Chivu), the strategy becomes to create confusion by dragging in someone else who, years earlier, did worse.

According to the prevailing narrative, when Inter wins, it is because they are unquestionably stronger than their opponents; when they do not win, it is because “dark forces” prevented them from doing so, perhaps citing the one doubtful episode against them compared to dozens of favorable ones during the season.

Iuliano-Ronaldo represents the perfect example of this modus operandi, as does the much-acclaimed alleged “penalty on Bisseck” from last season, also an anomalous drop in an ocean of episodes interpreted in favor of the Nerazzurri colors.

Alternatives? None. If you do not align yourself with the dominant narrative, you are crazy and deserve to be opposed in every way and publicly ridiculed. And if you simply cannot stay silent, the “friends of friends” know a thousand ways to bring you back into line. Naturally, the ones they do not know and have never frequented.

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